Developing Java Beans

Java Beans is the next generation of Java technology that not only adds features the language lacked, but also lets Java programs interoperate with a number of development environments. The initial release includes a bridge for Microsoft's ActiveX/COM; future releases will include bridges for Netscape's LiveConnect and IBM's OpenDoc. Since it's a "component architecture" for Java, Beans can be used in graphical programming environments, like Borland's JBuilder, or IBM's VisualAge for Java. This means that someone can use a graphical tool to connect a lot of Beans together and make an application, without actually writing any Java code. The book covers: Events, event listeners, and adapters; Properties, indexed properties, bound properties, constrained properties, and vetoable property changes; Persistence, serialization, versioning, and object validation; Packaging Beans using JAR files; The BeanBox, a prototypical development tool.